1958 Baltimore Colts

1958 Baltimore Colts season
Head Coach:	Weeb Ewbank
Home Field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	9–3
Place	1st NFL Western
Playoff Finish	Won NFL Championship (Giants) 23–17
Uniform
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1957	1959

The 1958 Baltimore Colts season was the sixth season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1958 season with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses, finished first in the Western Conference and won the NFL Championship.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 28	Detroit Lions	W 28–15	1–0	Memorial Stadium	48,377
2	October 4	Chicago Bears	W 51–38	2–0	Memorial Stadium	52,622
3	October 12	at Green Bay Packers	W 24–17	3–0	Milwaukee County Stadium	24,533
4	October 19	at Detroit Lions	W 40–14	4–0	Tiger Stadium	55,190
5	October 26	Washington Redskins	W 35–10	5–0	Memorial Stadium	54,403
6	November 2	Green Bay Packers	W 56–0	6–0	Memorial Stadium	51,333
7	November 9	at New York Giants	L 21–24	6–1	Yankee Stadium	71,164
8	November 16	at Chicago Bears	W 17–0	7–1	Wrigley Field	48,664
9	November 23	Los Angeles Rams	W 34–7	8–1	Memorial Stadium	57,557
10	November 30	San Francisco 49ers	W 35–27	9–1	Memorial Stadium	57,557
11	December 6	at Los Angeles Rams	L 28–30	9–2	LA Coliseum	100,202
12	December 14	at San Francisco 49ers	L 12–21	9–3	Kezar Stadium	53,334

Standings

NFL Western
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Baltimore Colts	9	3	0	.750	381	203	L-2
Los Angeles Rams	8	4	0	.667	334	278	W-3
Chicago Bears	8	4	0	.667	298	230	W-2
San Francisco 49ers	6	6	0	.500	257	324	W-2
Detroit Lions	4	7	1	.364	261	276	L-2
Green Bay Packers	1	10	1	.091	193	382	L-7

Postseason

The 1958 National Football League Championship Game was played on December 28, 1958 at Yankee Stadium in New York. The 1958 game was the 26th annual NFL championship game. The Colts beat the Giants 23–17 in overtime, earning their first ever championship. The game would later be known as The Greatest Game Ever Played.

Playoff Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Game Site	Attendance
NFL Championship	December 28	at New York Giants	W 23–17 (OT)	Yankee Stadium	64,185

Roster

1958 Baltimore Colts roster
Quarterbacks 14 George Shaw K/QB 17 Ray Brown QB/DB 19 Johnny Unitas Running Backs 23 Carl Taseff HB 31 Billy Pricer FB 35 Alan Ameche FB 25 Jack Call HB 45 L.G. Dupre HB 41 Avatus Stone HB Wide Receivers 24 Lenny Moore HB/FL 82 Raymond Berry WR/SE Tight Ends 84 Jim Mutscheller WR/E/DE		Offensive Linemen 79 Sherman Plunkett T 77 Jim Parker T 68 Alex Sandusky G 60 George Preas T 50 Buzz Nutter C 64 Fuzzy Thurston G 63 Art Spinney G 78 Ray Krouse T/DL Defensive Linemen 81 Ordell Braase DE 89 Gino Marchetti DE 70 Art Donovan DT 60 George Preas T 83 Don Joyce DE/DT 76 Gene Lipscomb DT		Linebackers 65 Bill Pellington OLB 55 Leo Sanford 66 Don Shinnick MLB 52 Dick Szymanski C/LB Defensive Backs 26 Lenny Lyles CB/HB 24 Johnny Sample DB 41 Jackie Simpson DB 20 Milt Davis DB 23 Art DeCarlo DB/E		Special Teams 18 Dick Horn P/QB 65 Steve Myrha G/LB/K 44 Bert Rechichar DB/LB/HB/E 80 Andy Nelson LS/DB/KR Reserve Lists None - Vacant Practice Squad None - Vacant Note:' rookies in italics

External links

• 1958 Baltimore Colts article at Wikipedia